Dissertation Research: The Failure of Nation: The State, Dependency and Political Contestation in the Maldives

论文研究：国家的失败：马尔代夫的国家、依赖性和政治竞争

• 批准号: 9319870
• 负责人: John Comaroff
• 金额: $ 0.87万
• 依托单位: University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-03-01 至 1995-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9319870&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Failure; Nation; State

9319870 Comaroff This project involves the dissertation research of a student in cultural anthropology from the University of Chicago. The student will investigate political conflict in the Maldives. Using ethnographic techniques of participant observation and in- depth interviews, the student will examine how the local state legitimates its actions by claims to religious authority, and how that claim is contested by local religious practitioners of magic and other informal religions. This research is important because political power in many states is legitimated by official claims of religious authorization or legitimacy. Advances in our understanding of how this legitimization comes about, and how it is defended against counter-claims, can help us deal with like situations of political-religious conflict in other places. The project will also advance our scientific capacity by training a student in social science techniques and in regional studies of the important area of South Asia. ***

9319870 Comaroff 该项目涉及芝加哥大学文化人类学学生的论文研究。 该学生将调查马尔代夫的政治冲突。 学生将利用参与观察和深入访谈的民族志技术，研究当地政府如何通过声称宗教权威来使其行为合法化，以及当地魔法和其他非正式宗教的宗教实践者如何质疑这种说法。 这项研究很重要，因为许多国家的政治权力是通过官方声称的宗教授权或合法性来合法化的。 我们对这种合法化如何产生以及如何应对反诉的理解的进步可以帮助我们处理其他地方的类似政治宗教冲突情况。 该项目还将通过培训学生社会科学技术和南亚重要地区的区域研究来提高我们的科学能力。 ***